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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OVER THE RANGE by Samuel Butler -“Τοῦ γὰρ εἰναι δοκοῦντος ἀγαθοῦ χάριν πάντα πράττουσι πάντες.”—ARIST. +“Τοῦ γὰρ εἰναι δοκοῦντος ἀγαθοῦ χάριν πάντα πράττουσι πάντες.”—ARIST. _Pol_. “There is no action save upon a balance of @@ -327,22 +327,22 @@ and that my story will carry conviction by reason of the internal evidences for its accuracy. No one who is himself honest will doubt my being so. -I reached my destination in one of the last months of 1868, but I dare -not mention the season, lest the reader should gather in which +I reached my destination in one of the last months of 1868, but I +dare not mention the season, lest the reader should gather in which hemisphere I was. The colony was one which had not been opened up even to the most adventurous settlers for more than eight or nine years, having been previously uninhabited, save by a few tribes of savages who frequented the seaboard. The part known to Europeans consisted of a coast-line about eight hundred miles in length (affording three or four good harbours), and a tract of country extending inland for a space -varying from two to three hundred miles, until it a reached the -offshoots of an exceedingly lofty range of mountains, which could be -seen from far out upon the plains, and were covered with perpetual -snow. The coast was perfectly well known both north and south of the -tract to which I have alluded, but in neither direction was there a -single harbour for five hundred miles, and the mountains, which -descended almost into the sea, were covered with thick timber, so that -none would think of settling. +varying from two to three hundred miles, until it reached the offshoots +of an exceedingly lofty range of mountains, which could be seen from +far out upon the plains, and were covered with perpetual snow. The +coast was perfectly well known both north and south of the tract to +which I have alluded, but in neither direction was there a single +harbour for five hundred miles, and the mountains, which descended +almost into the sea, were covered with thick timber, so that none would +think of settling. With this bay of land, however, the case was different. The harbours were sufficient; the country was timbered, but not too heavily; it was |